ORISSA HIGH COURT ISSUES ORDER ON KINNAR GOURI NAIK V/S STATE OF ODISHA

CUTTACK, India, May 1 -- Orissa High Court issued the following order on March 31:

1. The present appeal arises out of the judgment dated 12.05.2023 passed by the learned Additional Sessions Judge-cum-Special Court under the POCSO Act, Bhawanipatna, in C.T. Case No.73 of 2022 (POCSO)/T.R. No. 100 of 2022, whereby the appellant was convicted under Section 4 of the POCSO Act and Section 384 IPC and sentenced to undergo rigorous imprisonment for 10 years and 3 years respectively with fines.

I. FACTUAL MATRIX OF THE CASE:

2. The brief facts of the case are as follows:

(i) The prosecution case originated from an FIR lodged on 28.06.2022 by the mother of the victim boy aged about 16 years 8 months, alleging that the appellant had developed ...